Halo 3: Heroic Map Pack

DLC for Halo 3

Halo 3, this year’s knock-out punch game, while closing the story of the halo trilogy, the Bungie team is still expanding the Halo universe by adding three new multi-player maps via downloadable content.

Now before you go throwing your temper-tantrum about how DLC is never free, the price for these maps seems reasonably fair at 800 Microsoft points.

Now talking more about these maps. The first of the three maps is called standoff or as the Bungie team referred to it as Bunkerworld. Think beaver creek, but with vehicles and 4000 feet wide satellite dishes. Two bases, each with machine gun on the top of each base. This map is great for any flag game variant, bomb variant, or any game really. 2x2, 4x4, even 8x8 plays great on this map Steve Cotton says.

The second of the proclaimed Heroic Pack is a map that takes its inspiration directly from the campaign level Crow’s Nest. Rat’s Nest is set indoors a level setting that has yet to be done by Halo. With a pelican (no you cannot man the Pelican) dominating the level, there are many nooks and crannies to hide in. With all these hiding places it seems like this level is an ideal place for a Zombie game.

The final level of the new map pack, Foundry, is the map I am the most intrigued about. Christopher Barrett said that this level was designed to be a forge level. This is a map of legos, meaning you can stack anything on anything, move around anything, really you can do whatever you want on this map (forge wise).

With this new release dated for December 11^th it will make a great Holiday gift to one of your gamer friends or just your-self.